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Matt Monro, Bert Weedon and Ricky Valance – De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill 19th March 1961

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Leigh Mitchell… Bert Weedon! Now that’s a blast from the past! I worked for his agent in London back in the late 70s!

Robert Carey… Still got my Play in a Day book.

Leigh Mitchell… Robert, BW gave me a book which he signed, can’t remember what it was called, I gave it to my Dad (not that he had a guitar but he liked Bert

Robert Carey… Here is my Play in a Day. It cost me 5/- ( 25p ) outrageous!  Must have been c 1964

Jacquie Hinves… Incredible they were such amazing stars . Sadly, I bet all forgotten?

Alan Esdaile… Jacquie, I will never forget Matt Monro

Graham Sherrington… Did not Mel Torme give great comments on Matt Monro’s voice???

Tony MacDonnell… worked with Matt Monro and Bert Weedon. Shame they spelled Matt’s surname wrongly! I never heard of Bert being called “Ginchy”??

Alan Esdaile… Tony, Ginchy is a record he released in the early sixties.

 

Who had The Bert Weedon Guitar Guide – Play In A Day?

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Andy Qunta… Naturally I had this book when I first had a guitar. I did indeed play in a day, but that day didn’t arrive for quite some time! Thanks anyway, Bert!

Chris Baker… OMG! I had a copy of that!

Bob Shipway… My first guitar tutor book and it felt old fashioned even then… but, as the saying goes, I didn’t judge the book by its cover! It was a really good book that did indeed have me playing (albeit something wonderfully banal and simple) in a day.

Paul Morfey… This was all we had to learn from. You had to really want to play to get anywhere. Not like today where guitar tuition is everywhere. Those where the days!!

Alan Parker… learnt to play with this book. stil have a copy, printed 1957. every guitarist that comes to my home says they know that book and they had a copy at one time. real conversation piece if you are a guitar freak like me

Pete Fisher… yes I had this too, and found out pretty quickly that a day wasn’t enough to get my little fingers around more than a couple of basic chords…remember him (and a handful of other guitarists) having a spot on TV which was more instructive..

Mick O’Dowd… I bought this book but I was so inept that it took me 3 months to master Cockles & Mussels! So gave up and became a DJ instead. The world breathed a sigh of relief. I was never gonna make stardom on a badly performed Cockles & Mussels!!!!

Alan Parker… You know what they say Mick, ‘Those that can, do, those that can’t, teach.

Jan Warren… I had this, I might still have it, I’ll look in my archives!

Terry Hardwick… I leant a bit of forty miles of bad road

Mark Praid… As soon as I saw this a little compartment in my head reacted “Crikey! I had that”.

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